Trent Rockets vs Birmingham Phoenix Prediction - August 13, 2021: Will home form prove key to the result?

Match: Trent Rockets vs Birmingham Phoenix
Date: August 13, 2021
Start Time: 6:00pm
Stadium: Trent Bridge
Tournament: The Hundred – 2021 – 27th Match
Format: 100-Ball

Result

Birmingham Phoenix won by 16 runs

Trent Rockets Stats

Birmingham Phoenix Stats

Match Prediction

Trent Rockets vs Birmingham Phoenix Stats and Trends

Trent Rockets Trends

Played: 7
Won: 4
Lost: 3
NRR: 0.2410
Last 5 results: L, L, W, L, W

Trent Rockets have won all thier home matches so far. They lost thier last match, away to the Oval Invicibles.
They have 2 matches left, both at home. If they win both they will be in the final.
Wahab Riaz and Luke Wood look set to return to the side after missing the last match through injury.

Trent Rockets Top Batters

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
DJM Short	6	6	2	141	69*	35.25	114	123.68	2	2	17	2
AD Hales	6	6	1	150	40*	30.00	111	135.13	0	1	15	6
DJ Malan	6	6	1	148	62*	29.60	119	124.36	2	1	16	4

This has been an excellent tournament for the Trent Rocket batsmen. All players are available for this match.

Trent Rockets Top Bowlers

Player	Mat	Inns	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	5
Rashid Khan	6	6	23.0	155	9	3/26	17.22	8.08	12.7	0
M de Lange	4	4	11.4	82	8	5/20	10.25	8.33	7.3	1
M Carter	5	5	18.0	115	7	3/17	16.42	7.66	12.8	0

You cannot keep Rashid Khan down. His economy is a little over what we are used to seeing from him but being the top wicket-taker for his side is no surprise.

Trent Rockets Last Match vs Oval Invincibles

Oval Invincibles won by 9 runs

Batting Figures

Runs	SR	4s	6s
Lewis Gregory
28	233	4	1
Alex Hales
25	167	3	1
Rashid Khan
16	267	0	2

Top 3 Batsmen for Trent Rockets vs Oval Invincibles

Bowling figures

Wkts	Ovs	Runs	Econ
Samit Patel
2	2	21	8
Timm van der Gugten
1	1	29	17
Matthew Carter
1	2	29	12

Top 3 Bowlers for Trent Rockets vs Oval Invincibles

We would have backed Trent Rockets to chase down 126 in this match but the wickets kept falling and the runs slowed down. Gregory and Khan made the match look closer than it was. Losing 3 of the top4 batsman for a total of 7 runs is always going to make a run chase a struggle.

Birmingham Phoenix Trends

Played: 7
Won: 5
Lost: 2
NRR: 1.0630
Last 5 results: W, W, W, W, L

Moeen Ali will miss this match as he has been called up to the test squad for teh 2nd test agaisnt India.
Birmingham has won all 4 of thier home games this season.
Away from home thier form has been off and they will need to improve to get a win here.

Birmingham Phoenix Top Batters

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
MM Ali	6	6	0	189	59	31.50	122	154.91	1	1	12	12
LS Livingstone	6	6	2	160	68*	40.00	105	152.38	1	0	11	10
WCF Smeed	3	3	1	146	65*	73.00	79	184.81	1	0	9	10

Ali will be a big miss to the side as he has joined up with the England team. Livingstone and Smeed will be critical to getting a win to get one foot in the final.

Birmingham Phoenix Top Bowlers

Player	Mat	Inns	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	5
AF Milne	6	6	19.0	97	8	3/15	12.12	6.12	11.8	0
BAC Howell	6	6	22.0	121	7	2/12	17.28	6.60	15.7	0
Imran Tahir	6	6	22.4	168	7	5/25	24.00	8.84	16.2	1

Tahir’s 5/25 was an exceptional bowling performance.

Birmingham Phoenix Last Match vs Welsh Fire

Birmingham Phoenix won by 93 runs

Batting Figures

Runs	SR	4s	6s
Will Smeed
65	171	4	4
Moeen Ali
59	211	3	5
Liam Livingstone
31	163	2	2

Top 3 Batsmen for Birmingham Phoenix vs Welsh Fire

Bowling figures

Wkts	Ovs	Runs	Econ
Imran Tahir
5	3	25	8
Benny Howell
2	3	12	4
Moeen Ali
1	1	21	13

Top 3 Bowlers for Birmingham Phoenix vs Welsh Fire

Birmingham Pheonix absolutely smashed the Welsh fire here. Thair took the first 5 for of the Hundred so far. Will Smeed and Ali looked in fine nick and Smeed would be a good pick for your dream 11 in this upcoming match.

Trent Rockets vs Birmingham Phoenix Match Prediction

The top 2 teams face off and the winner will be within 1 match of getting to the first Hundred final. There is a big incentive for both teams to really go for the win here. The form of the 2 is very similar – they are both very strong at home but not away. The loss of Moeen Ali to Birmingham Pheonix will come as a big blow as he has been in great form.

Predicted result: Trent Rockets to win

We cannot go against the home form of the Trent Rockets.

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